alexanders
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See also: Alexanders
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌælɪɡˈzændɚz/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌælɪɡˈzɑːndəz/
- (æ-tensing, rhotic) IPA(key): [ˌælɪɡˈzeəndɚz]
- (æ-tensing, non-rhotic) IPA(key): [ˌælɪɡˈzeəndəz]
- Hyphenation: al‧ex‧an‧ders
Etymology 1[edit]
From French alisander, apparently named for Alexander the Great, for one or more species thought to be endemic to Macedonia.
Noun[edit]
alexanders (plural alexanders)
- Any of various umbellifers, often specifically Smyrnium olusatrum or Heracleum maximum, the cow parsnip.
- (chiefly Canada, US) Various plants of genus Zizia or Angelica thought to resemble European alexanders.
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “alexanders, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2012.
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
alexanders
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